seventeen
UK/ˈsɛv.ən.tiːn/
seventeen numeral: the cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.
Numeral
seventeen
- The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.
- [T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd.1631 (first performance), Philip Massinger, The Emperour of the East. A Tragæ-comœdie. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Iohn Waterson, published 1632, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii
seventeen meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
seventeen in Hindi
- cardinal number
- सत्रह satrah
seventeen in Tamil
- cardinal number
- பதினேழு patiṉēḻu
seventeen in Marathi
- seventeen
- सतरा satrā
seventeen in Urdu
- cardinal number
- سترہ satrah
More languagesFewer languages
- seventeen in Bengali
- সতেরো śoterō
- seventeen in Telugu
- పదిహేడు padihēḍu
- seventeen in Malayalam
- പതിനേഴ് patinēḻŭ
- seventeen in Kannada
- ಹದಿನೇಳು hadinēḷu
- seventeen in Punjabi
- ਸਤਾਰਾਂ satārā̃
- seventeen in Gujarati
- સત્તર sattar
- seventeen in Odia
- ସତର satara
- seventeen in Sanskrit
- सप्तदश saptádaśa
- seventeen in Sinhala
- දහහත dahahata
- seventeen in Assamese
- সোতৰ xütoro
- seventeen in Nepali
- सत्र satra
- seventeen in Pashto
- اوولس uwəlás
- seventeen in Tagalog
- labimpito
- seventeen in Arabic
- سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ sabʕata ʕašara
- seventeen in Malay
- tujuh belas, pitu belas, sepuluh tujuh, sepuluh pitu
- seventeen in Indonesian
- tujuh belas
- seventeen in Persian
- هفده hefdah
- seventeen in Thai
- สิบเจ็ด sìp-jèt
- seventeen in Vietnamese
- mười bảy
- seventeen in Myanmar
- ဆယ့်ခုနစ် hcai.hku.nac
- Dhivehi
- ސަތާރަ satāra
- Dzongkha
- བཅུ་བདུན bcu bdun
Examples of seventeen in a sentence
- They waltzed for twenty-one hours and seventeen minutes straight, setting a record.
- After seventeen days of rain and floods, the 4 am sunrise was a sight for sore eyes.
- In seventeen instances, an alpha female approached a beta female while both were alone, and they mated.
Forms of seventeen
| alternative form | 17 |
|---|---|
| alternative form | XVII |
| alternative form | zewnteen |
| alternative form | Her age, scott |
Origin of seventeen
Inherited from Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontīene, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Cognate with Dutch zeventien, West Frisian santjin, German siebzehn, Danish sytten. Equivalent to seven + -teen
Words formed from seventeen
Phrases with seventeen
Words that rhyme with seventeen
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
Questions about seventeen
- What does seventeen mean?
- Seventeen means the cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.
- What is seventeen in Hindi?
- Seventeen in Hindi is सत्रह (satrah). See Seventeen meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is seventeen?
- Seventeen is a numeral.
- How do you pronounce seventeen?
- Seventeen is pronounced /ˈsɛv.ən.tiːn/ (UK).
Words near seventeen in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seventeen (page history and authors); सतरा (Marathi) (page history and authors); সোতৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors); सत्र (Nepali) (page history and authors); اوولس (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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